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Dinner Plain

Dinner Plain is a thriving year round village with a wide range of summer and winter activities. The village offers a beginner ski run, tobogganing and snow play activities for families over winter and bush walking and mountain biking over summer.

The village of Dinner Plain was created in 1985 and is the only Australian alpine resort to be managed by a local government agency (LGA) being Alpine Shire Council. The village economy is built on tourism.

Dinner Plain is home to the Alpine School; a centre for leadership, outdoor and enterprise educations for Year 9 students in Victorian Government schools.

Dinner Plain Advisory Committee

Dinner Plain Special Rate

Council provides a number of services of special benefit to the Dinner Plain village, including the Dinner Plain to Hotham winter bus service; roadways snow clearing; cross country trail grooming; marketing and events support specific to Dinner Plain; and cable television maintenance.

To offset the cost of providing these services, Dinner Plain ratepayers are subject to a Special Rate in addition to the general rate.

For more information, please refer to the Dinner Plain Special Rate section on the Rates and Valuations page.

Dinner Plain Festival and Events funding

Annually Council sets aside funds to provide financial assistance to festival and event organisers for events to be held in Dinner Plain. Please follow the link below for application forms and guidelines.

The funding is available to assist organisations to stage events that have the potential to make a demonstrable impact on the level of visitor economy to Dinner Plain.

Tourism Festival and Event funding is designed to provide seed funding for new events, assistance with program development of existing events and marketing support.

Plant at the right time: best results will be achieved planting in to moist soils. October / November and April through to early May are the best times to plant at Dinner Plain

Protect young plants: use tree bags or appropriate fencing to protect new plantings from rabbits and inappropriate human access. Bags and fencing can remain over winter however they may need to be highlighted with an indicator such as colourful tape to ensure no one accidentally damages the plant

Follow up: make sure the revegetated area remains weed free and moist. Watering through the first summer may be essential if the plants are exposed to direct sun and wind. Making sure bags or fencing are stable is important as young plants do not like being restricted. Some plants may need to be replaced if there has been attrition over summer or winter.

Tourism in Dinner Plain

For more information about the Dinner Plain village, activities and businesses, contact (03) 5755 0555 or go to visitdinnerplain.com.au.

If you are a new tourism business in Dinner Plain, contact Council to discuss listing your business on the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (visitdinnerplain website) and other opportunities available to market your business.

Dinner Plain Strategic Plan

The Dinner Plain Strategic Plan provides an all encompassing framework for the conservation of the unique environmental and social qualities, growth in tourism and economic prosperity and the implementation of infrastructure required to meet the needs of current and future ratepayers and visitors at Dinner Plain.

It is an aspirational document considering the needs of the Dinner Plain community in both the current and forecast environmental, economic and social climates.

The Strategic Plan will be reviewed annually to ensure it is aligned with the goals and aspirations of the community; and the achievement of the actions will be reported on twice yearly by Council officers at nominated Dinner Plain Management Committee meetings.

Construction at Dinner Plain

Dogs at Dinner Plain

All dogs visiting Dinner Plain are required by law to have a current permit, application for this is online here. A copy of the Alpine Shire Council email confirming your permit must be carried with you at all times.

Income from the Dinner Plain dog registration is used to fund Council's Rangers patrolling Dinner Plain, including checking on dog issues and permits.